Despite North Dakota’s collapsing oil market, its state-owned bank continues to report record profits – so what might California, with fifty times North Dakota’s population, do following that state’s lead?

Banking on New Mexico believes the time is right for a better long-term strategy that includes a public bank to invest our public funds – interest earned from taxes, fees and fines we all pay – back into our community.

Breaking up big banks, reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act, restructuring credit rating agencies, and holding bankers accountable for their crimes would begin to address some of the most relevant issues.

A new project launched by the Public Banking Institute, called "What Wall Street Costs America," shines light on the way that enormous fees being paid out by local governments to big banks are bankrupting communities across the country.

Fascinating, creative initiatives around the world – from co-operative finance and crowdequity schemes to alternative currencies and reclaiming the public's control over money-creation – are emerging to strengthen the commons.

From the Syriza Party in Greece and the Podemos Party in Spain, to the rise of Jeremy Corbyn, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, contenders with their fingers on the popular pulse are surging ahead of their establishment rivals.

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